How do i speed up the gear down process on my auto?

[Killa_Kojak]

I have a 93 V6 Camry and my problem is that whenever i need the tranny to gear down so i can pass cars i have to litterally press the gas pedal to the floor board and by the time it actually does kick down my ass is almost grass and the gas gauge goes a lil lower...i have tightened the throttle kick down cable but all i received was whiplash from the bitch shifting through the gears but it still cant find the right gear worth a damn....I've been getting fed up with my car and at times regret buying it due to its gas guzzling ways and its ass for brains tranny .....if theres anything that can renew my first feelings for it then please share

[Killa_Kojak]

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[CamryPunk]

That's because you have an automatic... press the over drive button

[Knailgun]

yukio....captain obvious......the OD button works for this problem

[renzo]

do you put the od on or off

[CrawlingEye]

Use the ECT button, if you're on the highway I would use the od to conserve gas.

ECT will make the tranny shift more aggressively.

[Eye8Pussies]

you can also adjust your kick down cable

[TheMajesticking]

^ I think he tried that. Personally I think all the 3vz's are like that.

[Toysrme]

I think it's downt o one of two things.
1) A major transmission malfunction/or major league out of adjustment (kick-down cable, electrical, or transmission computer)
2) Poor driver adjustment to the car

Pull the battery cable for 5-10 seconds so the TCU resets. Adjust the kick-down cable wherever you want it, and drive the hell out of it for the first 5 min of driving.

I've driven every A54X-E transmission. From the 150hp 2vz-fe, to a 210hp vvti 00 ES 300.
None of them "hunt for gears", or have a problem finding the correct gear if the kick-down cable is even in the general viscinity of "factory" setting.

The thing about any automatic transmission is that just as much as the OEM-Toyota programming/setup, the DRIVER has to be able to adjust HIM/HER-self to the transmission. You can get it to do ANYTHING you want, ANYTIME you want *if* you know how to minipulate it in the correct way.

Maybe that's just me, but Toyota wouldn't have used mechanically the same transmission(exact same gearing), with nearly identical shift-logic from 1985 - 2001, on multiple lines, in multiple worldwide markets powered by engine's that changed in power-band 30%(or so, I'm not figuring, jsut guessing).



That's just my opinion on the matter.

[Your Uncle Moe]

Yea man, Turn off OD and pass the fucker. OR turn on ECT, it lets the engine rev to that sweet spot 4.5k-6 where u have the most acceleration. Well, at least thats what it is on my car.

[whocares04]

i think driver has alot to do, as toysrme stated...

i know that around 30mph and 60mph (+ or - a couple mph's), if i slam the gas to the floor (PWR on, O/D on) i get a hard downshift, and i have adjusted any cables.

in an auto, the car wont always down shift when u slam the gas while driving...for the most part it does what it wants, not like a manual that does what u want...

[TheMajesticking]

Originally Posted by Gridlyne

Yea man, Turn off OD and pass the fucker. OR turn on ECT, it lets the engine rev to that sweet spot 4.5k-6 where u have the most acceleration. Well, at least thats what it is on my car.

4-6grand on the 3vz is pure crap. Hardly any acceleration.

[CX889]

What is ECT? Is it the same as OD? Does it have it on 97' version?

[whocares04]

there's a button next to ur shifter that says "ECT" and when u press it on a light should go on on ur dash that say "PWR"

look in your manual for description or if its not where i said it should be...

not the same as "OD"

[happy]

is it bad if i leave my O/D button on all the time??? Is it also bad if you leave the ECT button on all the time too???